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ROLL UP, ROLL up. Come be terrified by the ashen clown once more. After his two-part movie adaptation of Stephen King’s doorstop 1986 novel (2017’s It: Chapter One and 2019’s It: Chapter Two) about an extra-terrestrial jester haunting a group of friends, director Andy Muschietti (alongside producing partner Barbara Muschietti and co-showrunner Jason Fuchs) returns to the sinister town of Derry for an invented prequel. Much like the movies, and the book, it’s a mix of the nightmarishly scary, darkly imaginative, and awkwardly silly. PLOT In a sleepy town, adults and children alike come to learn the ancient origins of clown- monster Pennywise (Skarsgård), and pray they can end his murderous reign. …
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